Last Friday, the IDF boarded two boats attempting to run Israel’s maritime blockade on Gaza. One boat was Canadian and the other Irish and they carried 27 pro-Palestinian activists, journalists...
Tag - flotilla
Flotilla victory?
Amid this conclusion, the pessimist in me cannot help but ask if the flotilla organizers and their well-funded backers lost a pawn in exchange for a rook, if they took a step back while preparing to...
Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Activist: Why I am not sailing aboard the Dutch ship after all
Hasna El Maroudi, 26, Dutch pro-Palestinian activist/journalist of Moroccan descent, had planned to join other activists aboard a Dutch ship to Gaza. She changed her mind after having to deal with...
Flotilla wins before even sailing
It seems like only yesterday that I wrote a horrified post about how stupidly Israel handled the last flotilla, which ended with the death of 9 Muslim activists and the injury of a number of Israeli...
The Color Usurple – Alice Walker Weaves a False Tale
Alice Walker, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and author of “The Color Purple,” was reached by Foreign Policy magazine from her hotel in Greece, as she prepares to board a flotilla (or...
How do you know a Palestinian supporter is lying when s/he accuses somebody of racism? His/her lips are moving.
This is the BBC film about the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla which has garnered severe reprobation from supporters of the Palestinians, including accusations of racism against the BBC...
Some Swedish Students Reject the Isolation of Israel
As some people and organizations seek to single out Israel for boycotts or similar actions, it is heartening to see that there are many who reject the scapegoating and singling out of Israel and...
Information about the IHH people aboard Mavi Marmara as told by crew
Apparently, the 40 IHH operatives who came aboard in Istanbul had walkie talkies to communicate which they only shared with crew members, and they controlled movement on the ship, including the...